8-letter words containing e, s, n, t
- artesian — noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- artiness — The quality of being arty.
- assented — to agree or concur; subscribe to (often followed by to): to assent to a statement.
- assenter — a person who agrees or complies
- assentor — any of the eight voters legally required to endorse the nomination of a candidate in a parliamentary or local election in addition to the nominator and seconder
- assiento — a slave trade treaty between other countries and Spain which allowed other countries to supply slaves to Spanish dependencies or colonies
- assonate — to display assonance or match in sound
- astatine — a radioactive element of the halogen series: a decay product of uranium and thorium that occurs naturally in minute amounts and is artificially produced by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles. Symbol: At; atomic no: 85; half-life of most stable isotope, 210At: 8.1 hours; probable valency: 1,3,5, or 7; melting pt: 302°C; boiling pt: 337°C (est)
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- asternal — not connected or joined to the sternum
- asthenia — an abnormal loss of strength; debility
- asthenic — of, relating to, or having asthenia; weak
- astonied — stunned; dazed
- astringe — to contract or become contracted
- asyndeta — Plural form of asyndeton.
- atlantes — supporting columns for an entablature, carved in the form of standing or kneeling figures of men
- audients — Plural form of audient.
- augments — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of augment.
- bandster — a person who goes behind a reaper and binds sheaves of wheat
- bangster — a ruffian; thug
- banister — A banister is a rail supported by posts and fixed along the side of a staircase. The plural banisters can be used to refer to one of these rails.
- bankster — a banker or investor whose financial practices have been exposed as illegal
- banquets — Plural form of banquet.
- banstead — a town in S England, in NE Surrey. Pop: 19 332 (2001)
- bantengs — Plural form of banteng.
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- basanite — a black basaltic rock containing plagioclase, augite, olivine, and nepheline, leucite, or analcite, formerly used as a touchstone
- basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
- bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
- bassinet — A bassinet is a small bed for a baby that is like a basket.
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
- beatings — Plural form of beating.
- beatniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
- bedstand — a bedside table
- bedstone — A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.
- behistun — a village in W Iran by the ancient road from Ecbatana to Babylon. On a nearby cliff is an inscription by Darius in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian describing his enthronement
- benefits — The benefits of a life or medical insurance policy are the money that it pays out.
- besprent — sprinkled over
- best end — the end of the neck of lamb, pork, etc, nearest to the ribs
- best man — The best man at a wedding is the man who assists the bridegroom.
- bettinus — a crater in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (96 km) in diameter.
- blandest — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blondest — (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes.
- bontemps — Arna Wendell [ahr-nuh] /ˈɑr nə/ (Show IPA), 1902–73, U.S. author.
- burstone — any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- bustline — the shape or size of a woman's bust
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
- canaster — coarsely broken dried tobacco leaves